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Personal about Politics - Flipside, The Beaver (Magazine Interview)

I was interviewed for LSE Limelight, a podcast of The Beaver (LSE's campus newspaper). I spoke to Christina Ivey, the editor of the Beaver's Flipside section, about the intersection of the personal and the political.

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Mar 1, 2020

Pronouns and the Roots of Bigotry - LSE Limelight, The Beaver (Podcast Interview)

I was interviewed for LSE Limelight, a podcast of The Beaver (LSE's campus newspaper). I spoke to The Beaver's multimedia editor, Yasmina O'Sullivan, about pronouns, gender politics and the roots of bigotry.

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Feb 25, 2020

Brexit Day - Scope, Indus News (TV Interview)

I appeared on Scope (on the Pakistani Indus News channel) to discuss the latest Brexit developments.

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Feb 11, 2020

Opinion: Want to help business after Brexit, Boris? Scrap Sunday trading laws - TheArticle

In Scotland, there are no restrictions on Sunday trading. Shops can open whenever they like, for as long as they like. For unfathomable reasons, this is not the case in England or Wales.

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Feb 7, 2020

Opinion: Why are electric scooters still illegal? - TheArticle

Electric scooters are the latest in a long list of clear illustrations of why the solution to the climate crisis lies not with government, but with the free market.

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Feb 6, 2020

Opinion: Why I, a cisgender Tory male, state my pronouns - The i Paper and Pink News

I am a cisgender, straight, white, male, middle-class Tory. If I can add "he/him" to my social media bios, then you definitely can too. There is no basis for defying this that is both rational and compassionate.

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Feb 11, 2020

Opinion: The Conservative Party’s next big challenge is opening itself up to young people - Conservative Home

The storming general election triumph may have concealed a real electoral problem for the Conservative Party, which will bubble to the surface with little subtlety in years to come: its young people problem.

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Jan 26, 2020

Opinion: After Brexit, this will be the next big political drama - Prospect Magazine

This week's debates about the House of Lords are eerily reminiscent of arguments over Europe back in 2015.

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Jan 21, 2020

Opinion: Keir Starmer wants to unite Labour with policies that please everyone, but like Corbyn he's doomed to fail - The Independent

Starmer refuses to sully his leadership bid with ideological positioning, choosing instead to construct an image of himself as a cuddly leader who will cater to everyone’s preferences.

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Jan 16, 2020

Opinion: Brexit is happening. So what should the Lib Dems do now? - TheArticle

The supplanting of Remain as the centrepiece of the Lib Dems’ campaign efforts will leave an enormous policy vacuum. The party should consider shifting from Europhilia to liberalism, thereby returning to its roots and moving on at the same time.

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Jan 16, 2020

Opinion: How Boris Johnson could end up on the same side as Remainers in 2020 - Prospect Magazine

At the end of this year, Boris Johnson will be facing something of a Sophist’s Choice over Brexit, between a No Deal-lite and more 'dither and delay'.

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Jan 6, 2020

Opinion: There will be no ‘period of reflection’ for Labour - TheArticle

Labour members are so deeply invested in the Corbynite vision that they shut out anyone who dares to suggest that the party should edge closer to the centre-ground if it ever wants to win another election.

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Jan 5, 2020

Opinion: It’s time for the Tories to change tack on immigration - TheArticle

The Tories are now brilliantly placed to frame immigration as an indispensable part of the outward-looking post-Brexit “Global Britain” that all those Leavers voted for. We need to change the conversation on immigration.

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Dec 18, 2019

Opinion: Labour's resounding election defeat was about much more than Brexit - The London Globalist

Voters are beginning to reject economic arguments in favour of those who are seen to reflect their social values.

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Dec 15, 2019

Opinion: If Labour gets into office it will rig the electoral system for its own benefit - Prospect Magazine

Widening the franchise by dropping the voting age to 16 and extending voting rights to foreign-born UK residents will guarantee Labour governments for the foreseeable future.

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Dec 10, 2019

Opinion: If Corbyn won't support his own Brexit deal, who will? - The Independent

The Labour Party has attempted a delicate balancing act between its Eurosceptic and Europhilic contingents. A second referendum would expose a stark imbalance.

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Dec 10, 2019

Opinion: How Jeremy Clarkson saved the world - TheArticle

The current moment will be remembered as the point at which the world woke up to the climate emergency. We kids have led the charge and the grown-ups are beginning to cotton on.

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Dec 5, 2019

Opinion: Striking lecturers are fattening their wallets at the expense of their own students - TheArticle

For university professors to strike over pay and “conditions” as though they are pot washers in the backroom of a dingy diner is preposterous.

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Nov 30, 2019

Opinion: When Corbyn loses the election it will unleash a storm on the left - TheArticle

Half the Labour Party is still stuck in the Brexit battles of 2016, while the other half is still fighting those of the 1980s.

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Nov 21, 2019

Opinion: The biggest threat to free speech on campus is right-wing snowflakery - TheArticle

Student Tories’ knee-jerk reaction to any and all opposition from other students to their sweeping, prejudiced proclamations is the closest thing I have ever witnessed to snowflakery, by a country mile.

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Nov 14, 2019

Opinion: How Nigel Farage could put Jeremy Corbyn in Number 10 - Prospect Magazine

The Brexit Party has lost its purpose. But electorally, it could be the last dregs of Farage’s support that determine whether Johnson or Corbyn sets up shop in Downing Street before Christmas.

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Nov 4, 2019

Opinion: Transhumanism: how the free market will transform our lives - 1828

Thanks to capitalism, things that were wholly unimaginable in years gone by are now the norm. We have conjured up all manner of weird and wonderful ways to enhance our lives and make the world a better place. And it is far from over.

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Oct 31, 2019

Opinion: How Boris Johnson could end up backing a “People’s Vote” - The Article

On policy, a Tory-Lib Dem coalition is the obvious post-Brexit choice for Jo Swinson in the event of a hung Parliament. A People's Vote could put Brexit to bed and bridge the Johnson-Swinson gap.

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Oct 31, 2019

Opinion: Why Remainer MPs’ approach to the Johnson deal fundamentally misunderstands parliament - Prospect Magazine

In our parliamentary system, compromise is a necessity. If Remain-leaning MPs don't coalesce around a coherent plan soon, they'll be handing Johnson a stonking majority.

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Oct 24, 2019

Opinion: Failed Irish border talks will be an absolute catastrophe for the EU - The Independent

The continent has refused to confront the existential doom that confronts it if it proves incapable of finding a deal.

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Oct 18, 2019

Opinion: The UK’s high tuition fees are nothing to be ashamed of - 1828

Whatever the left might say, graduates are not in debt. Student loan repayments are structured as a progressive tax contribution, generously tailored to the needs of the individual.

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Oct 15, 2019

Opinion: The new climate movement is excluding Conservatives - The Times

The climate movement would, if it were more politically accepting and inclusive, be so much richer and stronger, and considerably more likely to have a tangible impact on the long-term direction of international politics.

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Sep 30, 2019

Opinion: Parliament is back and staying back—but can it really get anything done? - Prospect Magazine

The resumption of the parliamentary session is, insofar as Brexit is concerned, pointless.

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Sep 30, 2019

Free speech and Censorship on University Campuses - BBC Radio 5 Live (Interview)

I spoke to Nihal Arthanayake on BBC Radio 5 Live about free speech and censorship on our university campuses.

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Sep 23, 2019

Boris, Brexit and Prorogation - Scope, Indus News (TV interview)

I appeared on Scope (on the Pakistani Indus News channel) to discuss the latest Brexit developments.

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Sep 14, 2019

Opinion: How the populist nationalists hijacked Brexit - Prospect Magazine

At its core, Brexit is about bureaucracy - so how did it become a referendum on national feeling?

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Sep 11, 2019

Opinion: The time to confront the housing crisis is now - 1828

Far from ham-fisted interventionism, the housing market is crying out for liberation from overbearing planning regulations.

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Sep 5, 2019

Opinion: Conservative Remainers must swallow their pride and back Boris—that’s the only way to get what they want - Prospect Magazine

Tories who would rather avoid both No Deal and Revoke must turn a blind eye to Boris’s bellowing and Cummings’s evil stares and throw their support behind this government.

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Sep 3, 2019

Opinion: Speaker Bercow’s increasing partiality on Brexit is a grave constitutional concern - BrexitCentral

The genuinely disquieting precedent is that of a biased Speaker, not prorogation. It is disturbing in the extreme that we may soon find ourselves with a de facto co-Prime Minister in the Speaker’s chair.

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Sep 3, 2019

Opinion: Sajid Javid has a unique opportunity to advance freedom - by cutting taxes - The Cabinet

A Brexit emergency budget may be on the way. Sajid Javid and Rishi Sunak at the Treasury should listen to the likes of Sam Gyimah and Liz Truss and take the opportunity to lessen the obstructive impact of our historic tax burden.

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Aug 25, 2019

Opinion: Calling Boris Johnson “the British Trump” shows a misunderstanding of parliamentary democracy - Prospect Magazine

Despite what Corbyn might imply, British democracy is good at knocking back populist insurgents—as the career of Britain's most actually Trump-like politician makes clear.

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Aug 24, 2019

Opinion: There is no free speech crisis in our universities - The Independent

Campus discourse is vibrant and positive. Protests are frequent. Debates are lively. There is a thrilling level of political engagement among students. There is no free speech crisis in our universities.

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Aug 24, 2019

Opinion: Sisters don't cry: Johnson and Rees-Mogg desert the Tories - United Politics

Rachel Johnson left the Conservative Party to become an MEP candidate for Change UK, and Annunziata Rees-Mogg's explosive defection to Nigel Farage's Brexit Party ended over three decades of Tory membership.

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Jul 29, 2019

Opinion: Boris has created the most pro-freedom government since Thatcher - The Broad

Boris and his consummate team of budding new ministers embody one quality that has not been seen in British government since the Iron Lady herself: a love of freedom.

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Jul 29, 2019

Opinion: Bad news is fake news - humanity is a force for good - CapX

We seem to have an unquenchable thirst for Bad News, apparently taking great comfort in the assurance that the world is on the brink of implosion and it is all our fault.

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Jul 25, 2019

Opinion: YouTube is right to defend drill - Spiked

Attempts to censor drill music are authoritarian, racist and comically ineffective at reducing violent crime. It is about time someone challenged the authorities on this issue.

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Jul 17, 2019

Opinion: Legalising cannabis would make our country safer for everyone - Adam Smith Institute

There is no good reason to continue allowing billions in illicit profits to swill around in criminal circles. Legalising cannabis is a common-sense decision.

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Jul 11, 2019

News: Supreme Court poised to rescue Dreamers and deal a huge blow to Trump’s immigration policy - VozWire

The Supreme Court is due to review some of the most controversial aspects of the President’s immigration policy very soon, with the possibility it could block some of his harsh anti-migrant measures.

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Jun 28, 2019

News: Supreme Court slaps down Alabama abortion ban - VozWire

Various states have already had new anti-abortion legislation blocked. In the case of Alabama, one of those laws made its way to the Supreme Court, only for it to be revealed today that the Supreme Court has refused to revive the law.

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Jun 28, 2019

Opinion: The Brexit Party is over before it's even begun - Comment Central

The idea that Nigel Farage was ever going to use Brexit to single-handedly overhaul the two-party system is what Robert Louis Stevenson would have called unscientific balderdash.

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Jun 27, 2019

Opinion: A leadership election that shows the Conservative Party will never die - The 1828 Journal

The Conservative Party will not split or implode or consume itself or vanish from the political landscape for any other reason in the foreseeable future.

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Jun 25, 2019

News: UK voters reporting they were blocked by polling centres in recent elections, denied voting entirely - VozWire

EU Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova has written to the UK Cabinet Office to complain about the situation and request further information about what went wrong.

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Jun 25, 2019

Opinion: Centrists should stop trying to be Britain's Macron - Newsleaf

Attempts to recreate the French centrist fairy tale on this side of the Channel have led to nothing more than a series of low-brow Macron tribute acts.

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Jun 24, 2019

News: Shocking footage shows Government minister choke-slamming Greenpeace protester - VozWire

Outrage has engulfed British politics today after a senior Government minister was filmed choke-slamming an apparently peaceful protester against a wall on Thursday evening.

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Jun 22, 2019

News: MPs furious after Boris Johnson called ‘racist’ in House of Commons - VozWire

Ian Blackford MP is not known for mincing his words, especially when it comes to firing shots at senior Conservatives in the House of Commons. Today's session of PMQs was no different.

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Jun 20, 2019
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